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Mr. Werner Kummer MBA, CH, Dipl.-Ing. ETH serves as Senior Advisor of M&A at Schindler Management AG. Mr. Kummer served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbo Holding AG from 1998 to March 3, 2004 and served as Partner with Braxton Associates Management Consultants, Boston, London, and Paris. He served as a Member of Forbo Holding AG's Executive Board until March 3, 2004. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Schindler Elevator Corporation ... Ltd. (Switzerland) from 1990 to 1994, where he was responsible for the Asia Pacific region Since December 1998. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Forbo International SA from December 1998 to March 3, 2004. He served as an Executive Vice President of Schindler Asia/Pacific. He held Management positions with Pelikan Corp., Zug, and Feintool AG, Lyss. From 1988 to 1998, he was working for the Schindler Group, where he served as the Chairman of the Executive Board of Schindler Aufz?ge AG. He served as Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Forbo International SA. He serves as Vice-Chairman of Bâloise Holding AG. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bâloise Holding AG since 2000. He serves as a Director of Zurich Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kummer served as a Non Executive Director of Walter Meier AG(also known as WMH Walter Meier Holding AG) since 2003. He served as member of the Group management of Schindler Group with responsibility for Asia and Pacific since 1994. He served as a Director of HUBER & SUHNER AG since 1994. Mr. Kummer holds a Master of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) and Doctor of Engineering, Milan Polytechnic (Politecnico di Milano) and he holds an MBA, INSEAD. Mr. Kummer studied at ETH Zurich where he graduated in 1972 as a mechanical engineer.

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